thanx a lot for sharing this Aravind. that's so sweet of Karthik
On 9/7/07, Aravind AM <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi all, > > As I promised, I am back - with tidbits shared by Sujatha, Karthik and > Raihana on Rahmania show.... > (I'm writing all of these from my memory, so, pls excuse any inaccuracies) > > Karthik: > "I was such a big fan of Rahman sir, I never even dreamt that i could > become a playback singer, let alone singing in Rahman sir's music. Singer > Shrinivas is a relative of one of my friends, and thru my friend i got to > meet him. I really wanted to meet him, because he is closely associated with > Rahman.... At that time, I thought 'i donno if i can ever meet rahman sir, > It would be great to meet someone who has closely interacted with him'!! > But, Shrinivas sir asked me if i could sing, and he asked me to give a cd > with my voice, and he passed it on to ARR... almost a year later, Shrinivas > sir called and told me that I needed to go to ARRs studio... I couldnt > believe it.. it was for a harmony part... It was great!!" > > "I have sung harmony for many songs, including the latest 'sana nana... ma > mana nana' bit in Adhiradi (Sivaji). Tippu, Devan, I and others used to > have great fun during the harmony recordings... Even a year after I first > sang for ARR, he used to get confused between me and Tippu, and often used > to refer to me as Tippu!!! He would want tippu to sing a part again, but > would say 'Karthik, please sing it'... and i would start off... and he woud > say 'oh... i meant KARTHIK' but pointing to TIPPU!! It was great fun...." > > "Even after singing so many songs as the lead singer, I still long to sing > harmonies for him...It is a whole new learning experience.. Each time I work > with him, especially for harmonies, i learn a lot...Even recently I called > up Rahman sir and asked him if there are any songs for which I could join in > the harmony..." > > > That's pretty much what I found really interesting about ARR, from > Karthik's interview... I will write excerpts from Sujatha's interview in my > next mail... > > > Cheers, > Aravind > > > > > > http://arrahmaniac.blogspot.com > > ------------------------------ > Building a website is a piece of cake. > Yahoo! Small Business gives you all the tools to get > online.<http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=48251/*http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/webhosting/?p=PASSPORTPLUS> > > >
